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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1912
Page
5
An ad describes Hay's Hair Health as restoring gray hair to natural color, claiming it refreshes appearance and beauty. It mentions stock by Ames & Co and imitates a period advertisement style with unfamiliar wording and dubious claims.
An advertisement praises Magnificent Sweet Peas as graceful and fragrant, urging orders from choicest seed. It markets seed packets including orchid-flowered and Spencer varieties, with combinations and pricing, and notes “I always do better than I advertise,” preferring coin remittance.
A brief overheard exchange shows a diner waitstaff interaction with a request for eggs or oysters. The transcript hints at a casual meal setting and customer service dialogue.
A fragmentary account recalls a memorial gathering with Dr. Silverman and Mr. Bryan invoking shared purpose after a sudden death. Speakers emphasized collective resilience, equality in education and wealth, and the need to comfort rather than recriminate. They praised heroism aboard the Titanic and the duty to protect the vulnerable.
President and Mrs Taft joined prominent Washington figures at St Pauls Episcopal in memory of Major Archibald Butt, Titanic aide, with sermons by Rev Talbot and calls for a monument. Taft later attended All Souls and St Johns services honoring Titanic victims. 150 bags of mail aboard the Titanic were noted in Rome.
A deadly tornado in Kentucky on April 28 left nine dead and six severely injured. Authorities report widespread property destruction across several towns including Morocco and Newton County. Rescue teams and volunteers mobilized as the storm caused extensive damage and forced evacuations.
A fragmented notice advertises a two week sell and seal wood at a set price with a warning the offer will be withdrawn. It also mentions wanted night girls at a corset company with light work and good pay, listing an office location and date in April.
A readable list of numerous seed varieties including mixes of sweet peas, following cucumber and lettuce seeds, radish types such as early scarlet, turnips like Purple Top and Early Snowball, yellow and purple bean notes, squash entries including Hubbard and Mammoth White Bush, and miscellaneous garden seeds. The fragment mentions colors, plain names, and garden traits with occasional misspellings.
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